Rail anchor



E. E. SLICK. RAIL ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-9. 1919.

Patented May 23, 1922 v v M\ a EDWIN E. SLICK, or Jonivsrowlv,rnNNsYLvANIA.

RAIL ANCHOR;

narrate.

Application filed. August 9, 1919. Serial No. 316,380.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN E. SLIoK, citizen of the United States, and a resident of Johnstown, in the county of Cambria and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Rail Anchors, of which the following i a full, clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates broadly to rail anchors, and more particularly to an anchor of this character adapted to prevent longitudinal creeping of the rails.

In the operation of railways, and particularly those in which the excess of travel is in one direction, it has been found that the rails, crossing switches, and the like, are thrown out of alignment, due to the creeping of the rails or the tendency of the same to follow the train.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide an anticreeping device for rails which is easily applied and which,

'while permitting a limited movement of the rail in one direction, automatically clamps the rail upon any tendency thereof to move in the opposite direction.

The foregoing and otherobjects, together with their attendant advantages, will be apparent as the invention becomes better understood by reference to the accompanying specification and drawings forming a part;

thereof, it being premised that changes may be made in the various details and the manner of operation within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Figure 1 is a top plan of a section of a railway having my invention applied thereto;

Figure 2 is a cross sectional view on the line II-II of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a side view of the section of railway illustrated in Figure 1; and

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail view of the rail-gripping member. Referring more particularly to the drawings, I have illustrated aportion of a usual tie 2 for supporting the'rail 4:. My improved rail anchor for preventing longitudinal creeping of the rail with respect to the ties preferably comprises a bar 5, having its opposite end 6 extending in substan tially horizontal planes, and its intermediate portion 7 formed to extend in a vertical plane to abut against one side of the tie. One of the ends of the bar is provided with Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 23, 1922.

rail. This gripping member 9 has two cam faces formed thereon, one being a vertical eccentric cam face 10 for engagingthe side of the base flange and the other a clownwardly inclined cam face 11 for engaging the top ofthe base flange at the edge th'ereo- WVl1en the rail anchor'is applied the gripping member 9 is'swung to a position substantially at right angles to that illustrated in the drawing, whereupon the bar 5 may be adjusted on the rail in abutting relation to the tie '2. The gripping member 9 is then swung into gripping engagement with the base flange of the rail. The gripping member 9 is longitudinally acting, that is to say, the longitudinal creeping tendency of the rail is resisted by the flange gripping memher 9 and the gripping action increases in tendency of the rail. Any tendency of the rail to creep in the direction of the arrow A, as shown in Figure 1, will be effectively prevented by the rail anchoring device.

The bar 5 and the flange gripping device 9 are-preferably riveted together as illustrated, thus giving a strong and positive connection without screw-threaded nuts or other parts which would be liable to work loose.

While I have specifically illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to its illustrated embodiment, but may be embodied in other structures within the scope of the following claims. I claim: 7

1. An anticreeping device for rails, comprising a bar having a portion adapted to abut against one side of a tie, and having provision at one end for engaging one side of the base flangev of the rail, and a horizontally swinging member on the opposite end of said bar having wedging faces effective on different portions of the base flange of the rail at substantially right angles, subprising a bar having its intermediate portion extending in a substantlally vertical plane to abut against one side of a tie and its end portions extending in substantially horizontal planes, means on one end of the bar for engaging the base. flange of the rail and a horizontally swinging gripping member on theopposite end of the bar, said gripping member having an eccentric face adapted to engage the side of the base flange of the rail, and a second eccentric face inclined to act as a wedge and adapted to engage the top of said flange, substantially as described.

An anticreeping device for rails, comprising a bar having means on one end. for engaging one side of the base flange of the rail, and a horizontally swinging gripping member on the opposite end of the bar for engaging the other side of the base flange of the rail, an intermediate portion of said bar being bent to extend in a vertical direction to form a tie-abutting portion effective throughout the major portion of the length of the bar, substantially as described.

4:. An anticreeping device for rails, com- 1 prising a bar having means on one end for engaging one side of the base flange of the rail, and a horizontally swinging gripping member riveted on the opposite end of the bar for engaging the other side of the base flange of the rail, said bar having an intermediate portion bent. to extend in a vertical direction to form a tie-abutting portion effective throughout the major portion of the length of the bar, substantially as described.

5. In an anticreeping device for rails, a bar having means on one end for engaging one side of the base flange of the rail, and a horizontally swinging gripping member on the opposite end of the bar adapted to overlie and engage the other side of the base flange of the rail, said bar having anintermediate portion bent to extend in a vertical direction to form a tie-abutting portion,

substantially as described.

6. An anticreeping device for rails, comprising a bar having its intermediate portion extending in a vertical plane to abut against one side, of a tie, means on one end of the bar for engaging one side of the base flange of a rail, and a horizontally swinging gripping member permanently secured to the opposite end of said bar for'engaging the other side of the base flange of the rail, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my'hand.

EDWIN E. SLICK. 

